Tobacco-pouch.



(Application ma nec. as, 1901.)

(Ilo Modal.)

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GEORGE FRANK, OF FREMONT, OHIO.

TOBACCO-POUCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letterslatent No. 706,648, dated August 12, 1902. Application tiled December 28, 1901. Serial No. 87,595. (No model.)

have invented a new and 'useful Tobacco-v Pouch, of which the following is a specification. Y

My invention yrelates to certain improvements in tobacco pouches or bags,`and has for its principalobject to provide a pouch from which apipe maybe quickly filled and packed or without any waste or loss of tobacco.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a tobacco-pouch constructed and arranged in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 xis a perspective View of the members forming the discharge-mouth of the pouch detached. Fig. 4 is a sectional View illustrating a slight modification of the device.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding'parts throughout the several ligures.

l indicates a metallic ring having two parallel annular beads or ribs 2, between which is placed a ring 3, serving to coniine the mouth of the flexible portion or body 4 of the pouch in place. On thetop of the ring is a removable cap 5, which may be secured in position by a bayonet-joint, as indicated at 6` in Fig. 3, or may be provided with small-like stud-heads '7, adapted to interlock in suitable indentations in the body of the ring 1, as desix-ed. The center ofthe cap is provided with an opening 8, the wall of which isturned upwardly to form an annular iiange 9, over which the mouth of the pipe is Iitted during the filling operation. mally closed by a lid or cover 10 of suitable shape and size and adapted to lit snugly over the opening to prevent loss of tobacco'. The lid or coverlO is held in place by a spring 11 ofthe construction shown more clearly in Fig.V 3, said spring having a vertically-disposed member 12, adapted to a suitable socket 13, formed -partly by the ring 3 and partly by a small plate riveted or otherwise secured thereto. The spring may be turned in the socket 13 in such manner as to move the capvout the necessity of removing the cap.

The opening is `nor-V piece or lid from the position shown in full lines to that indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2.

Secured to the inner wall of the ring 1 are the opposite ends of two springs 14 and 15, formed of wire or of f lat spring metal, as may be preferred'. The outer spring 14 serves to retain the pouch in proper shape and at the same time forms aguide for a plunger-rod 16. Where a wire spring is used, acoil or loop 17 is formed at the center of the spring to form a guide for the plunger-rod, while if a iat spring be used it is merely necessary to form a small opening for the passage of the rod. The smaller spring 14 is similarly provided with a guide-loop 18 for the upper end of the plunger, the two loops holding the plunger- -rod in vertical alinement with the dischargeopening 8, so that the plunger-head 19 may beprojected therethrough into the bowl ofl The the pipe to pack the tobacco therein. opposite end of the plunger-rod extends out through a suitable eyelet in the body of the Apouch and at its outer end is provided with a Vknob or handle 20 for convenience in manipulation.

In illing the pouch with tobacco the cap 5 is removed in order that the tobacco may be more readily inserted into the pouch, althoughv if iine or granulated tobacco is used it may be poured through the opening 8 With- In filling the pipe the pouch is inverted and the bowl of the pipe is placed under the opening 8. The plunger is manipulated to force the tobacco `from the pouch and to pack the same into the pipe-bowl. 'As the outer spring 14.

will generally be pressed toward the mouth of the pouch during the 'lling operation, the pouch is made of` sutcient width to permit ofthe spreading of the spring during this movement.

In some cases I may attach the lower end ofthe plunger directly to the center of the spring 14 and avoid the necessity ot' forming an opening in the bottom of the pouch. A structure of this kind is illustrated in Fig. 4, wherein 16l indicates the plunger, and 14 the spring, to which it is secured. In filling a pipe with a device such as shown in Fig. 4 it is merely necessary to depress the spring a sufficient distance to force the end of the ICO plunger through the discharge-opening, the spring acting to return the plungerV automatically after each movement. In constructing the device the plunger-rod 16 may be simply guided by the spring 14 or may be secured thereto in order to gain the same eect as in the modified structure illustrated in Fig. 4.

The device is of simple and economical oon- 1o struction and takes up but little more space than the average-size sack of smoking-tobacco, and it can be carried very conveniently without loss of tobacco in the pocket. Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A tobacco-pouch comprising a flexible body portion, a rigid carrying-ring therefor, guiding-springs carried by said ring and profjecting Within the body of the pouch, and a 2o` plunger carried and guided by said spring,

substantially as specified.

2. The combination in a tobacco-pouch, of a cap portion having a central discharge-opening, a spring-held lid or cover for said opening, a flexible pouch-body secured to the cap portion, a spring carried by the'cap portion and extending Within the body of the pouch, and a plunger guided by said spring, substantially as specified.

3. The combination in a tobacco-pouch, of the cap portion. having a central dischargeopening, a lid or cover therefor, a swiveled spring carrying said lid or cover, a flexible pouch-body secured to the cap portion; and a plunger disposed within the bag in alinement with the discharge-mouth, substantially as specified. f

4. The combination in a tobacco-pouch, of the cap portion comprising a ring having peripheral beads or flanges and a removable cap-piece having a central discharge-opening, a lid or cover for closing said opening, aiiexible pouch-body, a securing-ring for confining the same to the cap portion, guiding-springs carried by the cap portion and extending Within the body of the pouch, and a plunger carried by said springs, substantially as specified.

' 5. The combination in a tobacco-pouch, of a cap portion having a centraldischarge-opening, a flexible pouch-body secured thereto, a spring carried by the cap portion and extending Within the body of the pouch and adapted to hold the same in spread or extended position, and a plunger carried by said spring, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE FRANK. 

